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Willoughby on the Wolds

David Bailey, whose ancestors lived in Willougby, has kindly contributed several articles:

 

See also Willoughby Village History and a 1913 account of the Civil War skirmish on 5th July 1648 at Willoughby Field.

 


The evidence for an Anglo-Saxon horse cult

The sixth century Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Broughton Lodge, right on the border of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire includes five horses buried among the 120-or-so humans. Does this suggest there may have been some sort of 'horse cult' in early Anglo-Saxon England? Or is something English people still don't usually do even more convincing evidence of such a cult?

Bob Trubshaw explores the evidence in a YouTube video.



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